From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5099C433FE for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:51:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F2C23A82 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:51:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727612AbgLHJvF (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 04:51:05 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50826 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726226AbgLHJvE (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Dec 2020 04:51:04 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [IPv6:2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A8DDC061794 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 01:50:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CqwPQ6nR9z1rxbc; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CqwPQ6Q2Cz1tDB0; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:14 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KVUYKOUDfftF; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from babic.homelinux.org (host-88-217-136-221.customer.m-online.net [88.217.136.221]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (mail.babic.homelinux.org [127.0.0.1]) by babic.homelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE413454088D; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:13 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at babic.homelinux.org Received: from babic.homelinux.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.babic.homelinux.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MEtrJ3rhAwTd; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.178.64] (paperino.fritz.box [192.168.178.64]) by babic.homelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026D74540844; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:10 +0100 (CET) To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Cc: stefano babic From: Stefano Babic Subject: btrfs-progs license Autocrypt: addr=sbabic@denx.de; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQGiBEfdB5IRBADkpYcnh2BoAkGD5p186ysEkWlcp5DU07m7BKzvkEMRhFjeFUOU0klKNmh0 ZM6rKpYpAYPYBm9YahMyqvj9DmLrZ4yfJ5MssvW9SRETmHpva+h1rN+DzmEcwrqZmLG1JWGy LA5ruJaFSzxJHBoROoog1NDMbNDB8A9F7VKrePfkVwCgmODpW/uh2IuMYLVidzDeuvo7alED /iV8rwU7C+eBcKy2htuDsEmsqlkBxIDM7IO6h5XxdyqbZOYizuBP3Ksb6xK54weEaB5aQs7S 8N9Soi0p1Xh0LMWj6PBCzTC4LF+OCGEMBPc6bBHNzivChgztJlUMioCDSVpOXB/QpBaK302G yP5WdmcB1Jn6neq/YRlxHN38MV2yA/46jnzeUotL9LliVZKA/ql4GmyWg2Ae1BUiCqEJQNwl knGJOmIS4uABLArB5HjsfDU5hA9FORaNGCIiZlezBkZ3JXA2uQMQhfgqBXrZt4j1fcw9I7E+ 7IZ2kSCeTPZFLd5FiGQPDOm3Z9eHrpK6pmBGMeBG0pDgUEbN9awyLNBLj7QeU3RlZmFubyBC YWJpYyA8c2JhYmljQGRlbnguZGU+iGMEExECACMCGwMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIX gAUCT9deSgIZAQAKCRD09WXkmmjvppF1AKCRl8d49K4yxWzdBVRTTWG55cyo/gCfRD1RAttl R1ofs2wGLHNtXousyL25Ag0ER90HmBAIAIFfX4bKnOmCyB3nPh+jbXZuBSMZTuyDEnguRxl5 N8Q0ayofQwucCBjXYv65sQ9Rq6FNhEnWqUZBu8A5CwvSakOFOGNC5ta/8VxVRLh0Z0ZTgEep SKiPonJyacCbmgWDECdVrKowV7QB9be3Wu67uAZ74rPw2Kd7f0FKnL3djvVRMaBWFIpyQ6SE bGOCJjhRQ5L1pIM1Soko+reU7eO+1g6IBw6YkFJisdQE6fzTwaSqUKPPsQLz/W03invQltOb Eg7ZwtFs0DFonr1DMm57ksiEhW6SN1wylRO/JzRYG1Qe7u1EVln6iV3ilBvbbfkyRssk4/0e kicpSnQknA72YOMAAwYH+QGpAiQ4hAMHrp1bUrtyGXYdeQpYufIZAM4etOnBy/G+e1nfu6y+ jH4SN9sVK7bwBBAbhEJqkqR5LVsFIRapThJQOWB11rQxLpwkBU9wao/pRM+o95ujGo32WUzf wWrzWrkTDy7vMCZuUOLVi4n1GZlUAwpG4rzb6UxPC6GWymkVWGgXp1NC58og5i3Y+rKT7+Xi XT2BtvC6PDepoH4JhD+9OkHQO6UfTxPSmtgNbTgtl6L6tj+bm5dOHgkPJFMkEiG8qhUZYQzb bYz37orRbA72M2bxK76e9QKn0mVu+d/YCd8wRcvvJbGsozpzcxPvD5Wy5RNJCES8McPtAseU tMeISQQYEQIACQUCR90HmAIbDAAKCRD09WXkmmjvpv+3AJ9RakBsH1j0X/Kxp6t2lf0VUfS2 qACfZ+J6ktk8PKNuyHf0J/I0mbCrhV4= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:49:10 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Hi, I hope I am not OT. I ask about license for btrfs-progs and related libraries. I would like to use libbtrfsutils in a FOSS project, but this is licensed under GPLv3 (even not LGPL) and it forbids to use it in projects where secure boot is used. Checking code in btrfs-progs, btrfs is licensed under GPv2 (fine !) and also libbtrfs. But I read also that libbtrfs is thought to be dropped from the project. And checking btrfs, this is linked against libbtrfsutils, making the whole project GPLv3 (and again, not suitable for many industrial applications in embedded systems). Does anybody explain me the conflict in license and if there is a path for a GPLv2 compliant library ? 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